Robin Ashton

Robin C. Ashton is an American government official serving as inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Robin C. Ashton
Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency
Assumed office
June 28, 2021[1]
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byDavid Buckley (2015)
Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility[2]
In office
January 2011 – September 2018
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byH. Marshall Jarrett
Succeeded byCorey Amundsen
Personal details
Children2
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)
College of William & Mary (JD)

Education

Ashton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the William & Mary Law School.[2]

Career

Department of Justice

Before joining the CIA, Ashton worked in the Office of Professional Responsibility[2][3] in the Department of Justice where she served as director from January 2011 to September 2018. She also worked as the principal deputy director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.[2]

In 2001, Ashton was identified by The New York Times as having been denied a promotion due to a political dispute. Monica Goodling, White House liaison of the Department of Justice, was reported as having denied Ashton's promotion.[4] Ashton appeared alongside James Comey, then Deputy Attorney General, to testify at a Congressional inquiry into Goodling's behavior as a public servant.

During her DOJ career, Ashton was awarded the Attorney General's Claudia Flynn Award for Professional Responsibility, the Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Leadership in Management, the United States Attorney's Award for Meritorious Service, and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys Director's Award for Excellence in Management, among other awards.[2]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Between September 2018 and June 2021 Ashton served as principal deputy inspector general of the Intelligence Community (IGIC), based in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.[5]

Central Intelligence Agency

Ashton was nominated to serve as inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency by President Joe Biden,[2] and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 2021, by voice vote.[6]

References
  1. @CIA on Twitter. ""#CIA welcomes Robin Ashton, our new Senate-confirmed Inspector General"". Twitter. Retrieved 1 July 2021. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  2. "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Eight Key Administration Leaders". The White House. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. "AllGov".
  4. Lipton, Eric (2007-05-12). "Colleagues Cite Partisan Focus by Justice Official". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
  5. "Robin Ashton Principal Deputy Inspector General of the Intelligence Community" (PDF). ODNI.gov. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  6. "PN387 - Nomination of Robin C. Ashton for Central Intelligence Agency, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
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